You still think you can take him? Well, I ain't saying I can take him straight off, and...
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Smith aka Smitty, Evening Mirror Reporter: [about Brady] You still think you can take him?
Jack Jefferson: Well, I ain't saying I can take him straight off, and anyway, that'd be kinda mean. Big holiday fight. Can't send all them people right back home again.
Smith aka Smitty, Evening Mirror Reporter: You're only worry is picking the round?
Jack Jefferson: Yeah, and that takes some thinkin', man. You see, if I lets it go on too long and, you know, just sorta block and keeping him off, then they'll say "well ain't that one shiftless nigger? Why are they all so lazy?" But if I chop him down *too* quick, you know, the third or fourth round, and get to him all at once, "No, it ain't fair, the poor man's up there fighting a gorilla." But I'm gonna work it out
Jack Jefferson: Well, I ain't saying I can take him straight off, and anyway, that'd be kinda mean. Big holiday fight. Can't send all them people right back home again.
Smith aka Smitty, Evening Mirror Reporter: You're only worry is picking the round?
Jack Jefferson: Yeah, and that takes some thinkin', man. You see, if I lets it go on too long and, you know, just sorta block and keeping him off, then they'll say "well ain't that one shiftless nigger? Why are they all so lazy?" But if I chop him down *too* quick, you know, the third or fourth round, and get to him all at once, "No, it ain't fair, the poor man's up there fighting a gorilla." But I'm gonna work it out
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Think you can take him I ain't saying I can take him straight off
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Anyway that'd be kinda mean Big holiday fight
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Can't send them people right back home again
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Your only worry is picking the round That takes some thinkin'
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You see if I lets it go on too long and I'm just keeping him off
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they'll say Ain't that one shiftless nigger Why are they all so lazy
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But if I chop them down too quick the third or fourth round
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Get to him all at once they'll holler
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No it ain't fair The poor man fighting a gorilla
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But I'm gonna work it out
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Movie Summary
A Black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
